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- From: Neon@cup.portal.com (Anthony Joseph Bruder)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Hi-Q Tower
- Message-ID: <62649@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 23:53:15 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Distribution: na
- References: <1992Jul21.182444.8430@cs.sfu.ca>
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- In an article, concerning the HI-Q Towere, dated 7/21/92:
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- >This A500 expander has been advertised for a while - does anyone have one,
- >or is there any word on potential release date?
- >
- >Kenward Chin
-
- I'm pretty sure it's released since I just got a mailing from Invotronics(I
- think that's the maker) with an order form including the HI-Q. BTW, their
- price was higher than that quoted in the vendor add in several recent
- AmigaWorld issues.
-
- I'm very curious too and have yet to here of anyone with experience with
- this expansion root.
-
- If it does all it says it does, this would be a very good deal. However,
- I believe there were some problems with "Bodega Bay" and other A500 expansion
- boxes. A Tech at my local dealer says that to make a real A500 --> A2000+
- expansion box it needs to be able to handle signals from several cards
- at once. This is where the older boxes failed. The A2000 has a "buster"
- chip, lacking in the 500, needed to use several expansion slots at once.
-
- I'm hoping that the HI-Q Tower has a hardware solution to this.
-
- Anyone have more info? Or have any comments, corrections?
-
- Tony Bruder - neon@cup.portal.com
-